“My understanding is that the highway needs to be twinned because of the high volume of traffic that goes down it and also because of the high volume of heavy equipment that slows traffic down, which tends to lead to some people getting impatient. That sometimes leads to bad judgement, bad decisions passing and that sometimes leads to bad accidents,” McIver told Mix News.

Adding that he met with senior staff yesterday and has a more in depth meeting planned for next week.